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Microsoft Unveils Surface Pro 4, Surface Book

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ht microsoft surface book jc 151006 31x13 1600?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1444146726100Microsoft(NEW YORK) — Microsoft has continued to up its game when it comes to making devices that function as both tablets and laptops.

The Microsoft Surface Pro 4 made its debut Tuesday at the company’s Windows 10 devices event in New York City boasting a 12.3-inch screen with five million pixels, making the resolution even higher with an even thinner screen.

“We have this goal, this dream,” said Panos Panay, head of Microsoft’s Surface team. “We want to make these the most productive devices on the planet.”

Microsoft’s grand finale at Tuesday’s event was the Surface Book, the software company’s first-ever laptop, which features a 13.5-inch screen with six million pixels.

“We have the best engineers who understand portability and performance,” Panay said. “Ounce for ounce, pound for pound, this is the fastest 13-inch laptop ever made.”

Panay said Surface Book is twice as powerful as the MacBook Pro.

It features a 12-hour battery life, company officials said. It starts at $1,499 and will be available Oct. 26.

Surface Book weighs 1.6 pounds and is 7.7 mm thin. It’s essentially a clipboard, making it easy to show someone something on your screen.

The release of the Surface Pro 4 comes as Apple and Google recently unveiled their latest entries into the 2-in-1 device category, with the iPad Pro and the Google Pixel C.

“Both Google and Apple have followed Microsoft’s lead creating the 2-in-1 category and this event will reveal how Microsoft one-ups the companies who recently launched the Pixel C and the iPad Pro,” Patrick Moorhead, an analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, told ABC News before Tuesday’s event.

The Surface Pro 4 starts at $899, and will be available Oct. 26.

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